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22.10.24 📚 how is there already a mountain of assignments after two days? .‸.

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Hello dear

I am from the Baalousha family from Gaza.. 🇵🇸🍉

I hope you are well .

I write to you with a heart full of hope and faith, and I ask for your urgent help. My family is in great danger due to the war, and I am running a fundraising campaign to save them. My father and mother suffer from diabetes and high blood pressure. Help me secure them

Please, can you reblog my campaign post on my account? Every participation can make a difference in my family's life.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for any help you can provide. 🇵🇸🇵🇸

🍉🍉 Please save what's left of my family

New account for @/helpfamily a previously vetted fundraiser

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Study tips that i learned through failures!

1. It's so important that you do a first read thru of the text as fast as possible. Stick to annotations and brief summarizing notes/outlines. Our brain is constantly making connections even when we're sleeping, so even if you don't understand something at first, getting stuck on it is a waste of your present time AND sleep time. Some things will click while you're doing chores because your brain is still working in the background! But it can't happen if there is nothing to click. Try to expose yourself to all the material as early as possible. [If you're studying math, skip the derivations and proofs in the first read thru and just do the example problems and focus on the underlying assumptions. Depending on the class/exam objective, you might not even be tested on the proof]

2. The breaks. Even if you know you can study 4 hours straight - don't. I used to do this especially when I was anxious, but it just burned me out. Even as quickly as the next day! If you're doing your first pom of the day and you feel really fresh to the point that you feel like you can skip that first break - dont.. it will pile up!

3. The water and the sugar!! This might sound really obvious, but studying burns up so many resources. On days I don't study, I might be okay with 60-70 oz of water, but on days I do, it's normal for me to hit 100 oz. I also ate way more food in general and ate more sugar too, and I think that's pretty normal.

4. Flashcards and practice problems > annotations > having nice notes. It kills me to say it, but the last exam I took (and passed!), I relied on my very disorganized notes/screenshots on my tablet. I didn't have time to organize and transfer them nicely onto paper in order even though every perfectionist cell in my body wanted to soo badly. Making your own textbook can be helpful but I seriously just didn't have the time. Focus on what will actually get you that pass score!

5. Find the note-taking app you like BEFORE your study period or exam season and practice using it! The last thing you want is to fight the syncing mechanism as you're trying to study. I like to use Flexil because of the split screen feature, the linked screenshots, and the cross-platform sync. If you are studying math, either learn latex over the summer/off period so you can use it in Obsidian/Anki or commit to manually written flashcards and notes the whole way. Dont try to switch halfway through because that will be a waste of your time. I personally think writing out the math is faster than typing it out in Latex, but it's your poison (they're both poison). (And if you study any type of math, I 10000% recommend using a tablet)

6. Unless you are studying for fun, orient everything around the class/exam objectives. Unfortunately, you're not gonna have time to be curious. If you don't think something will be tested, quickly cut it out and move on.

7. Figure out what your exam taking weaknesses are. Out of every 10 missed problems, I realized I'd miss a question solely because i input the wrong number into the calculator. Now I say the numbers in my head as I put it in, do it at a relatively slow pace, and break up large formulas into itsy pieces and make sure the output is close to what I expect it to be. I write out all the steps on paper sometimes to make sure every calculation is as expected. You only get once chance during the real thing, so it's important to come up with a policy to reduce risk and to stick to it every time.

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I am back after about a month^^

Chemistry has taken my will to live, post and keep track, but I shall not let it win🌈

So it’s cramming time for just one more week and then I will be done with all my exams for this degree, about time!!

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05.09.2024

She is the best study companion

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My study space for the week. Currently very stressed about my state exam. The uncertainty really adds up, not knowing what to expect other than having some very poorly written and vague proposed questions is really not helping.

Really struggled to focus today

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I wanna learn Arabic so bad 🥹🥹 does anyone have good resources?

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its september time to build a new life

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@shinyasteroids studyblr intro ♡

☆ about me

hi! my name's amira, but you can call me amir, too (he/she, certified futch). i'm a 21 year old doing his best to survive the spanish educational system.

i am new to studyblr/langblr, but not to tumblr as a whole. i decided to create this account on a whim since documenting my academic journey does help with my executive dysfunction. i want to meet new people, too!! since other's efforts inspire me to keep working on my own. :))

☆ my studies and academic journey...

i had a really harsh start with my first degree, which i ended dropping out of after two years of getting nowhere. unkind, borderline sadistic professors + hard subjects + the biggest burnout of my life made me unable to keep up with it. nowadays, i'm in 2nd year of a bachelor's degree in arabic and islamic studies and way happier than i was then. it's still harsh, but i know i can do it.

☆ what kind of posts you can expect

apart from life/study updates, a bit of everything, really? anything about my interests, which are: arabic (of course), science-fiction books, geology, languages, lgbtq+ media, music (usually me nerding out about bass lines), animanga, etcetera etcetera.

i don't think i have anything left to say. nice to meet you!!! :)